In fact, the fastest Windows laptop you can buy is the MacBook Pro.
Conversely there are plenty of windows computers that would run the latest Apple OS just fine.
Only problem is Apple has designed its operating system so it won't run on computers that don't use Apple motherboards with special bioses
So I can buy the latest Apple OS on DVD but to load it onto my machine (let's say it's an Intel E8300 with nvidia graphic card and 4GB crucial memory) I have to resort to Hackentosh hacks which are very iffy and flaky
IOW the latest Apple OS is purposely designed to only run on Apple computers
When in reality it could run on many Dell, HP, home made etc etc computers except that Apple cripples the OS so it cannot
Aside from esoterical philosophical reason, what’s the problem with that?
Remember, Apple tried the “run the OS on whatever hardware you want” experiment already. It ended up as a support nightmare and almost killed Apple.
Given the persistent driver and support issues with Windows, I suspect that MS is wishing they’d controlled the HW and SW...
Yes. That's no secret, and it's on purpose. Jobs has talked repeatedly about how Apple's core strength is that it controls "the whole widget." The software is designed to run on the hardware, and the hardware is designed to run the software, both at the same time.
Windows runs on anybody's hardware, which has made it the dominant player in the computing world; but it has also burdened Microsoft with supporting a virtually endless array of hardware and buggy drivers. Call support for a Windows problem, and the hardware vendor and Microsoft will point fingers at each other. Apple has one point of contact.
When in reality it could run on many Dell, HP, home made etc etc computers except that Apple cripples the OS so it cannot
But then Apple would have to take on support duties for things it cannot control. The whole point of the Mac, from jump, has been to get rid of that kind of tangle.